Vocab 1

Abeyance

To stop doing something

Abrogate

to set aside

Abscond

To leave quickly and secretively

Abstinence

voluntarily refrain from eating certain foods or drink or​from doing something pleasant but not good for you

Abstruse

Hard to understand

Accolade

award or honor

Accouterments

personal clothing, accessories, or equipment

Acquit

To find not guilty

Adjure

To command or urge solemnly and earnestly

adumbrate

To suggest partly

Aegis

protection

Aggrieve

to distress, to mistreat

Akimbo

Having hands in a bent position on the hips

Alacrity

Eagerness

Alchemy

a process of transformation that is seemingly magical

Ambulatory

Able to walk or move about

Ameliorate

To make better

Anathema

Something or someone intensely disliked

Ancillary

Secondary

Anomie

instability caused by an erosion of value or lack of purpose.